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Editor's Note: Time to re-think your career direction? Feel as if it's time to bolster your educational background in order to make yourself more marketable? Agri Marketing magazine has compiled a list of universities offering a master's degree in agribusiness management or agriculture economics.

We plan to have a supplement in an upcoming issue, which will focus on the value of pursuing a career in the ag, food and fiber industries. In addition, a new careers Web site, located at CareersInAg.com, was just launched by Agri Marketing's parent company, Doane Agricultural Services.

We realize there are other schools with degree programs we may have missed. We apologize in advance, but please contact us and we will include those schools in the future.


AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Location: Auburn, Ala.
Contact Name/Title: Dr. John Dunkelberger, Graduate Program Coordinator
Contact Phone: 334/844-5623
Contact E-mail: jdunkelb@acesag.auburn.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/aec
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science, Master's of Agriculture,
Master's of Business Administration (with College of Business)

CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Contact Name/Title: Jim Ahern, Professor
Contact Phone: 805/756-5000
Contact E-mail: jahern@calpoly.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.calpoly.edu/~agb
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agribusiness and Master's of
Business Administration with Agribusiness Specialty

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Ames, Iowa
Contact Phone: 515/294-2701
Contact E-mail: grad@econ.iastate.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.econ.iastate.edu/graduate/GradHome.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Manhattan, Kan.
Contact Name/Title: Dea Mandery, Program Coordinator
Contact Phone: 785/532-4495
Contact E-mail: dmandery@ksu.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.mab.ksu.edu
Master's Specialization: Distance Education degree in Food and Agribusiness
Management targeted toward working professionals

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Contact Name/Title: Hector Zapata,Professor
Contact Phone: 225/578-2768
Dept. Web Site: www.agecon.lsu.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's in Agricultural Economics with
specializations in Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Business Management
and Environmental Policy

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: East Lansing, Mich.
Contact Name: Valerie Geyer
Contact Phone: 517/353-4455
Contact E-mail: geyer@msu.edu
Dept. Web Site: web.egr.msu.edu/AgE
Master's Specialization: Master's in Agricultural Economics

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Starkville, Miss.
Contact Name/Title: John Lee, Coordinator
Contact Phone: 662/325-0094
Contact E-mail: institute@agribusiness.msstate.edu
Dept. Web Site: agribusiness.msstate.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Agribusiness Management

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Contact Name/Title: Jim Libbin, Graduate Programs Chair
Contact Phone: 505/646-2915
Contact E-mail: jlibbin@nmsu.edu
Dept. Web Site: agecon.nmsu.edu
Master's Specialization:Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics,
Master's of Agriculture in Agribusiness

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Raleigh, N.C.
Contact Name/Title: Jim Easley, Graduate Program Director
Contact Phone: 919/515-4617
Contact E-mail: jim_easley@ncsu.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.ag-econ.ncsu.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural and Resource
Economics, Master's of Economics, Ph.D in Economics

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Fargo, N.D.
Contact Name/Title: William Wilson, Graduate Policy Council Chair
Contact Phone: 701/231-7442
Contact E-mail: bwilson@ndsuext.nodak.edu, wnganje@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.ext.nodak.edu/homepages/~aedept
Master's Specialization: Master's of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Contact Name/Title: Mario J. Miranda, Graduate Studies Chair
Contact Phone: 614/292-7922
Contact E-mail: miranda.4@osu.edu
Dept. Web Site: www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural, Environmental
& Developmental Economics with a specialization in Agribusiness Management
and Finance

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Contact Name/Title: Francis Epplin, Chair, Graduate Admissions
Contact Phone: 405/744-7126
Contact E-mail: epplin@okstate.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.agecon.okstate.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics,
Agribusiness Specialization, Master's of Agriculture in Agribusiness

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: University Park, Penn.
Contact Name/Title: David Abler, Prof. and Graduate Officer
Contact Phone: 814/863-8630
Contact E-mail: d-abler@psu.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.aers.psu.edu
Master's Specialization: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
with state-of-the-art training in economics and quantitative methods applied
to the food and agriculture system

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Location: West Lafayette, Ind.
Contact Name: Lou Ann Baugh
Contact Phone: 765/494-4196
Dept. Web Site: www.agecon.purdue.edu/graduate/geninfo.htm
Master's Specialization: Master's in Agricultural Economics, Master's of
Business Management in Food and Agricultural Business

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE
Location: Carbondale, Ill.
Contact Name: Steven E. Kraft, Professor and Chair
Contact Phone: 618/453-2421
Contact E-mail: sekraft@siu.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.siu.edu/~abe/.
Master's Specialization: Master's in Agricultural Economics, and concurrent
MS/MBA degrees in cooperation with SIUC's College of Business
Administration.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Location: Gainesville, Fla.
Contact Name/Title: Kenneth L. Campbell, Ph.D. PE, Graduate Coordinator
Contact Phone: 352/392-1864 ext 105
Contact E-mail: klc@agen.ufl.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.agen.ufl.edu
Master's Specialization: Agricultural Operations Management

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Location: Athens, Ga.
Contact Name/Title: Dr. James Epperson, Graduate Coordinator
Contact Phone: 706/542-2481
Contact E-mail: jepperson@agecon.uga.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.agecon.uga.edu/~gradprg
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
Location: Ontario, Canada
Contact Name/Title: Petra Schennach, Manager
Contact Phone: 888/622-2474
Dept. Web Site: www.mbainagriculture.ca
Master's Specialization: Distance Master's of Business Administration in
Agriculture, Doctorate and Master's of Science degrees in Agriculture
Economics

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
Contact Name/Title: Michael A. Mazzocco, Food and Agribusiness Management
Program
Contact Phone: 217/333-1816
Contact E-mail: mmazzocc@uiuc.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.ace.uiuc.edu, www.mba.uiuc.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural and Consumer
Economics, Specialization in Food and Agribusiness Management; Master's of
Business Administration with professional track options

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - College of Ag and Resource Economics
Location: College Park, Md.
Contact Name/Title: Dr. Lars J. Olson, Professor and Dir. of Graduate
Studies
Contact Phone: 301/405-1291
Contact E-mail: lolson@arec.umd.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.arec.umd.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics and
Resource Economics

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Location: Columbia, Mo.
Contact Name/Title: Jodie Pestle, Administrative Assistant
Contact Phone: 573/882-3747
Contact E-mail: pestlej@missouri.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.ssu.missouri.edu/agecon
Master's Specialization: Master's degree in Agricultural Economics

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Contact Name/Title: Jessica McKillip, Program Coordinator
Contact Phone: 402/472-5234
Contact E-mail: jmckillip2@unl.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.agecon.unl.edu/graduate/
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics,
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, MBA with a specialization in Agribusiness

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Location: Knoxville, Tenn.
Contact Name/Title: Dr. John Brooker, Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Contact Phone: 865/974-7231
Contact E-mail: jbrooker@utk.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.economics.ag.utk.edu
Master's Specialization: Master's of Science in Agricultural Economics with
a nonthesis concentration in Agribusiness

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
Location: Madison, Wisc.
Contact Name/Title: T. Randall Fortenbery, Professor, Associate Director,
Renk Agribusiness Institute
Contact Phone: 608/262-4908
Contact E-mail: fortenbery@aae.wisc.edu
Dept. Web Site: www.aae.wisc.edu
Master's Specialization: MBA in Agribusiness offered as a track within the
Management Human Resources area in the university's business school

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